The British were even more wary of China than Japan, so when the Churchill government did not hesitate to refuse when the Church government proposed that the British government send troops from Central Asia to support the British army in India.

Even in order to guard against the national government, the British also transferred some of their already small troops to the Indo-Afghan border. Of course, the consequence of this was that the small number of troops on the front line became smaller, and it would have been much smoother if the Japanese had continued to advance.

But...

However, the British were not idiots, and they would never do this kind of cheap thing for the Japanese, and they did it precisely because they expected that the Japanese would not take advantage of this opportunity to advance into the hinterland of India, and in fact the British were right, because after the Kuomintang government sent troops from Yunnan and Thailand to Burma, the Japanese army, which was originally advancing towards the hinterland of India, had to transfer its forces to Bangladesh.

In this case, the pressure on the British was naturally reduced a lot, and they were able to transfer troops to the Indo-Afghan border.

At the same time, the Japanese also completely abandoned Burma and extended the front to Bangladesh.

In doing so, the Japanese wanted to hand over to China Burma, which had poor infrastructure and was in ruins due to the war. For the Japanese, since the current supply of Japanese supplies is mainly through waterways, there will not be so much trouble.

However, for the IDF, the elongated battle front, the backward infrastructure and complex jungle terrain of Burma, and the many guerrillas left behind before the retreat of Yamashita Bongwen undoubtedly brought a lot of trouble to Ho Chuk-guk.

He Zhuguo knew Yamashita Fengwen's thoughts, but in the face of the quagmire let out by the Japanese, He Zhuguo had to occupy it. After all, He Zhuguo's task is to advance into India, and if he wants to enter India and Burma, he has to occupy the gateway.

Therefore, although he knew that Myanmar had become a quagmire, He Zhuguo still had to order the troops to advance Myanmar in an all-round way.

On the other hand, the cautious thinking of the British is also dismissive of the national government.

However, although China is now self-contained, with a predominantly Chinese organization, it is not part of the Allied Powers. But now, after all, the Central Alliance and the Allies belong to the same front, and the common enemies of both camps are the Axis camps with Germany and Japan as the main forces.

There was no need to turn the other cheek with the Allies until Germany and Japan had been defeated.

So although there were many people within the Communist government who were clamoring to ignore the British opinion. Directly into India, or even directly into India, but in the end the Communist government did not do so.

In fact, even for the Communist government, it would be a hassle to occupy all of India.

Of course. This is not to say that India's territory is very large, in fact, although India's territory is large, there is still a big gap compared with countries like China, Russia and the United States, not to mention that India itself has a fairly developed transportation system in this era, and there is no need to worry about the problem of land area―――――― of course. In the advanced transportation system, it will become very outdated if it has not been updated for nearly a hundred years, and this is the case in India in later generations, the railways built by the British nearly a century ago were actually used a century later...

What worries people is not India's size, nor India's transportation, after all, India's transportation is still very developed, at least more developed than some remote areas in China.

It's India's population that is really troublesome. Although at this time, China's population has reached more than 800 million. But India's population of more than 200 million is still a big problem for China.

If you really want to occupy the whole territory of India, you must at least manage the bellies of these 200 million Indians.

Moreover, the resistance of the Indians to the British is very large, which does not mean that they like the Chinese, if it is only violent resistance, it is better to say, when the time comes, it is better to directly open the killing ring. It's just that Indians like to play non-violent non-resistance under the influence of Gandhi......,

Non-violent non-resistance is often referred to as submissiveness. Anyway, we just don't cooperate, but we don't do things that can give you a tongue and give you an excuse to do it.

In general. These people are still very troublesome, after all, it is difficult to find an excuse to deal with them.

If you really want to occupy the whole territory of India and attract a bunch of uncles who are not good to serve, you can't kill them all, right? What's more, India is not all non-violent and non-resistant, and some are very violent, otherwise Gandhi himself would not have been killed later...

So...

"It's better not to move..."

"Did you say so?"

Glancing at the thin Indian on the side, Yan Guang said with a smile.

"Mr. Gandhi!"

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Gandhi never let down his guard against China, because in the past period, China has shown more greed than anyone imagined, especially in the early days of World War II, when China took advantage of the war between several Western countries to annex Iran, which is not very far from India.

However, as the squadron got closer to India and had a stronger say in India, Gandhi eventually had to meet the Chinese who could decide India's fate.

Of course, this is not to say that Gandhi relaxed his vigilance against the Chinese, but was simply forced to do so.

However, Gandhi did not understand that he and Yan Guang had a core disagreement.

For Gandhi, a united India was necessary, and this India included not only the later India, but also Pakistan and Bangladesh.

However, for Yan Guang, India must be divided, and the India of later generations alone is already unacceptable, not to mention Pakistan and Bangladesh?

Although India's strength is not worth mentioning both now and in the future, one more opponent means more investment in defense, which Yan Guang is still very clear.

However, in front of Gandhi, Yan Guang did not express this thought, after all, it is not wise to arouse Gandhi's vigilance too early.

"But Mr. President, I think the Chinese government should use its influence to help the people of India, after all, China has been bullied by Western colonizers just like India..."

"Of course, you are right, and our country is very supportive of the Indian people's independence initiative, but after all, it is a time of war, and it is better to wait until the war is over."

At this time, Gandhi was already a well-known figure in Asia and even in the whole world, so when Gandhi decided to meet Yan Guang, it was easy to meet Yan Guang.

After seeing Yan Guang. Gandhi was very direct in his hope that China would use his influence to support India's independence, and even directly help India become independent after the Chinese army entered India―――――― of course, this independence is a unified India. And it is not Yan Guang's ideal India, which is divided into several states.

In Yan Guang's view, Gandhi's proposal was nothing short of whimsical.

After all, if India is not divided, what can I do for you?

And national self-determination or something...

The Nationalist government has always been the most opposed to national self-determination, and at this time let Yan Guang raise it. Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?

You must know that China's territory is now spread all over Europe and Asia, not to mention anything else, Central Asia, South Russia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran and other places, these are all places that can be conscious.

If only the national government stood up and supported the self-determination of some people. That's really digging your own grave. So, to a certain extent, the Nationalist government was on the side of Britain, that is, it was resolutely opposed to national self-determination. …,

If China has to support it, it will have to wait until China's assimilation policy to these regions succeeds.

At present, the assimilation policy is proceeding very smoothly, with the exception of the newly occupied areas such as Syria and Lebanon, the rest of the regions have basically reached a 1:1 ratio, and in several less populated areas such as Central Asia. The number of indigenous Chinese has even reached several times that of indigenous people.

Of course. Such a policy of assimilation will naturally cause resistance from the aborigines, but during this period, all countries on the earth were still in a period of small populations, and many areas were vast and sparsely populated, even if a large number of people were migrated in, it didn't matter, plus the Chinese have always been a relatively moderate people, and they themselves have no special beliefs. Basically, you can believe whatever you want, and if you don't believe it, you don't believe it. There will be no clash of beliefs with the indigenous peoples of the Middle East, so there is no major problem with the assimilation policy.

According to the estimates of the relevant authorities. In the past fifty years, it is estimated that these areas will be able to be perfectly assimilated.

However, these words cannot be told to Gandhi, so Yan Guang's excuse is that it is still a war period, and he can't dig the corner of the British at this time―――――― in fact, Yan Guang is not wrong, it is still a war period, of course, you can't dig the corner of the British, but you can dig it when the war is over or is about to end, in fact, the Americans actually mean this.

Putting aside Gandhi's belief or not, Yan Guang is an excuse for this.

The reason why Yan Guang did not drive Gandhi away was because he admired Gandhi more as a person―――――― although Yan Guang completely disagreed with Gandhi's non-violent non-resistance, on the other hand, Yan Guang also needed to contact more Indians with more status through Gandhi.

After all, the plan to divide India can only be achieved through these Indians.

Gandhi didn't believe Yan Guang's words, but he had to believe because he had no other choice.

On the other hand, Gandhi also needed to understand what the Chinese were thinking, so that he could prepare in advance if China wanted to annex India.

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The bombing of Tokyo brought an extremely painful price to Japan, and it also caused many Japanese people to begin to wake up from their earlier victories and begin to carefully ponder whether Japan could win the war.

On the other hand, there has been a strong demand for retaliation against China within Japan.

Whether it is to boost the morale of the army, to vent their anger, or to the Japanese people who died in the air raids.

However, Japan does not have strategic bombing like H3 or H40, and it is simply not possible to bomb China from the mainland, but...

This does not mean that the Japanese have no choice...

"Is it possible?"

Although he said so, in fact, Hideki Tojo himself already believed it.

"Rest assured, the plan is absolutely feasible."

In front of Hideki Tojo, Kenichi Ryo said with a little excitement.

"As we all know, China has a great distance from the Chinese mainland, and this distance will never be able to fly if it is not for large long-range bombers, and even if it takes off from Nagasaki, it will take at least 1,600 kilometers to fly to the nearest Shanghai, and if you count the bomb load and the required stay time during the operation, this range needs to be increased a little..."

"However, this is just a take-off from home. If you take off from North Korea, this distance can be greatly reduced. ”

"Pyongyang is just over 300 kilometers away from the nearest big city, Dalian. This is far from being able to reach several types of bombers currently in service in the army, even if it is a single-engine bomber, and in addition to Dalian, there are two targets, Tianjin and Beijing, of which the distance between Pyongyang and Tianjin is more than 700 kilometers. The distance from Beijing is 800 kilometers..."...,

"At present, among the bombers equipped by the army, all models can take off from Pyongyang to bomb Dalian, and if it is to bomb Tianjin and Beijing, only the Type 99 twin-engine light bomber and the Type 1 land attack plane, and the range of more than 1,900 kilometers of the Type 98 dive bomber can barely reach..."

"So, now we just need to choose a target. Then it is enough to specify a strict plan..."

After listening to Ryao's explanation, Hideki Tojo and the cabinet members present all nodded.

"At the moment when the bombing of Tokyo is a national shock, so in order to boost morale, retaliatory action against China is necessary, and considering the actual effect, I think the best target is Beijing..."

After looking around for a moment, Hideki Tojo spoke.

"I'm in favor of it too."

Another cabinet member nodded.

"I'm in favor of it too..."

"In favor..."

Almost all of the cabinet members present agreed with Hideki Tojo's proposal. Actually, it's no wonder. After all, Tokyo was the capital of Japan, so the only way to do this would be to retaliate by bombing the other side's capital.

On the other hand, if you can bomb Beijing, I am afraid that it will also boost the morale of the entire Axis powers.

After all, so far, China has not been hit in any way, and not even a single enemy bullet has fallen on China itself.

Therefore, if the bombing of China can be successful. It is undoubtedly an extremely morale-boosting thing.

"Now that all the kings have agreed......... Let's get moving..."

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Although few members of the MIA are poached by the Japanese, Hideki Tojo is well aware of the current Japanese government. There will definitely be no less spies from China.

So after the official decision to launch retaliatory actions against China, everything was kept strictly secret.

On the other hand. Due to the search and arrest operations that have been carried out since the start of the Sino-Japanese war, the vast majority of the members of the Military Intelligence Agency who have been lurking in Japan have also entered the hidden stage, so although the behavior of the Japanese is not without clues, the personnel of the Military Intelligence Agency have not found anything.

It was in this situation that the Japanese prepared hundreds of Type 99 twin-engine light bombers, Type 98 dive bombers and Type 1 land attack aircraft ...

Among them, the shortest range is the Type 98 dive bomber, which is only more than 1,900 kilometers away, and is armed with only a 450-kilogram bomb, but Japan is not a country that attaches importance to bombers, and it is not a simple thing to find a bomber that can bomb China, so the shortcomings of the Type 98 dive bomber are not much to worry about.

After determining the type of aircraft to carry out the retaliation plan, the Japanese clamored for retaliation through various channels and paralyzed the intelligence system of the Kokusha government, and on the other hand, they secretly gathered bombers scattered all over the country to Korea...

Unlike the rest of the world, the border between China and North Korea is quite peaceful, even similar to the Maginot Line at the beginning of World War II, and is basically a sit-down war.

For the defense forces on the side of the Yalu River, it was undoubtedly a great loss to storm the mountainous terrain of North Korea, after all, the mountainous North Korea was not suitable for the deployment of heavy equipment, and without heavy equipment, it would have to pay a heavy price if they wanted to win the battle against the Japanese.

In this case, it is better to leave the Japanese army in Korea alone.

Then, just like in history, the local Japanese devils were forced to surrender first, and then settled accounts with them.

As for the Japanese?

They also have no intention of leaving mountainous North Korea and going to the Northeast to play a chase game with thousands of tanks that have been preparing for a long time...

Many people think that this special state of affairs on the border between China and North Korea will continue until the end of the war, but the truth is obviously impossible, because...

"Gentlemen, work hard!!"

At an airfield in Pyongyang, the commander of the base, holding a bowl of wine in his hand, said to dozens of pilots standing in front of him.

This is also the case at several other airport runways.

After almost a month of preparation, hundreds of bombers of various types preparing to carry out the retaliation plan finally secretly assembled in Pyongyang. In order to cover this mission, the Tojo government even sacrificed a lot of spies who were lurking in the national government.

And now, after many costs and long preparations, the retaliation has finally begun.

Although no one can foresee the success of this operation, it is conceivable that after the end of this bombing, it is obviously impossible for the Sino-North Korean border to return to its former calm...